Reply #106: I think Kerry is a fine individual & a hero-but he did not raise the issue of vote tampering & sup- [View All]

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pression. There was tremendous evidence, and to have left it up to the state or the party and not sound the alarm is, I believe, one reason he lost.

Strong statement made in advance, even if not backed by actions or changes, give warning--they may prevent some tampering and change the nature of the discussion when it happens again. To his credit Edwards wanted to put up a fuss. I commended him for it, it would have made the issue more visible today.

If you haven't sounded the alarm in advance, it is harder to make the case later. I believe the candidate needs to do it, and I believe Kerry and Edwards should have done it in 2004 well before November.

No one was more angry than I on election night 2004, watching the so-called Ragin'-Cajun on the tube just shrugging his shoulders and saying that we lost Ohio so it was all over.

No one knows beter than I about the shambles of the Democratic party under McAuliffe, and I let them know about it and my displeasure about his big corporate pay day stock options millionaire-hood long ago.

McAuliffe and James Carville are 2 big reasons I am not excited about the Clinton candidacy. If Obama or Edwards or anyone else is the candidate they need to shout about voter fixes in advance and raise the issues of Florida and Ohio.

We ere fooled in 2000 and in 2004--twice is at least one time too many.